Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/3/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, April 3, 2022

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+110) Kiwoom (-140)

Se Woong Park and the Lotte Giants (64-71, 8th in KBO) travel to Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday where they'll take on the Kiwoom Heroes (69-67, 6th in KBO). The Giants open this contest at +110 while the Heroes are coming in at -140. The total is set at 7.5. The men taking the mound are Se Woong Park and Eric Jokisch.

As a squad, the Lotte Giants recorded 5.1 runs per game, which had them sitting at 3rd in the league. They had a total of 723 runs scored and held an OBP of .356. The Giants accumulated 263 two-baggers as a squad and hit 106 baseballs out of the park. They recorded 693 RBI's and 1,384 base knocks in the prior season, while their average at the plate sat at .278. Lotte was slugging .399 and struck out 963 times, while being walked on 576 occasions.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. In his career, Jeon has slapped 168 balls out of the park while driving in 742 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .466 and he has a total of 2,361 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 5,694 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,512 times. He has been struck out 864 times and has walked on 466 at-bats, contributing to a .363 on-base percentage. Jeon has earned a batting average of .298 for his baseball career, with 843 scored runs and an OPS of .829.

The Lotte Giants had a total of 3,813 putouts during the previous year, in addition to 1,403 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding percentage was previously at .984 which was 1st in KBO and had a total of 124 double plays. The Giants stole 101 bases and were thrown out 44 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate was 30.3%.

The Giants had a team earned run average of 5.39 last year (10th in KBO), and their staff struck out 1,047 hitters. Lotte surrendered 1,330 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 756 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 1.60 and their pitching staff held a collective WHIP of 1.57. Giants pitchers gave up 132 long balls and also 806 total runs (1st in KBO).

Park has taken the ball for 723 innings and is sitting with 565 strikeouts so far in his pro career. His ERA is 4.70 (389 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.191. He has allowed 795 base knocks (8.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 265 walks. Park (40-48 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.82 while he has gone up against 3,190 hitters during his time in baseball.

Kiwoom had a total of 90 long balls last year and 666 runs batted in. They hit 243 two-baggers, while walking 589 times as well as putting up 716 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes compiled an OBP of .347 and a batting average of .258 for the previous season. The Heroes held a team slugging % of .376 and they were earning 5.01 runs per contest (4th in baseball). They struck out on 1,048 occasions (3rd in the league) and tallied 1,250 hits.

Yong-gyu Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Lee has recorded a walk 824 times while being called out on strikes on 672 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .385 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .755. In the 6,607 at-bats in his professional career, Lee has accumulated a batting average of .300 with 1,984 hits. He has accumulated 1,125 runs in addition to having 526 runs batted in. He has homered 26 times, with 2,443 bases in total and a .370 slugging %.

Out of their 120 attempts at stealing a base, they made it 85 times and were caught 35 times (29.2% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes turned 153 double plays and earned a fielding percentage of .976 (10th in the league). The Heroes accrued 1,528 assists, 129 errors and a tally of 3,790 putouts in the previous season.

The Heroes held a team WHIP of 1.469 and were the owners of a FIP of 5.02 as a unit in the previous season. They ranked 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,276. The Kiwoom pitching staff allowed 699 runs in the previous season while having an ERA of 4.33 (604 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio was 1.58 (893 strikeouts vs 566 free passes). They relinquished 100 long balls and they yielded 5.02 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

So far in his pro career, Jokisch has allowed 1,579 base knocks while he has tallied 1,243 punch outs in 1,612 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 608 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.259 and a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.76 and he has gone up against 6,747 opposing hitters in his pro baseball career. Jokisch (104-86 career mark) holds a 3.39 earned run average and has given up 8.8 hits per 9 innings.

Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte (+110)

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